Plural of backland; multiple tracts of rear land, collectively referring to agricultural areas, interior territories, or remote regions far from urban centers.
Regular plural of 'backland' adding '-s.' The term became particularly common in colonial contexts describing interior settlements and agricultural hinterlands.
Early American colonists called the wilderness beyond settlements 'the backlands'—it's the same geographic and social concept as 'outback' in Australia or 'interior' in Brazil.
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